What did JD Salinger know, and when did he know it? The word “phony” was in use, certainly in my neighborhood, well before JD Salinger peppered it throughout his novel “The Catcher in the Rye.” If you wondered what was bothering Salinger (through Holden Caulfield), look around. Not when the book was published in 1951…but […]
President Donald Trump called Wednesday for America’s schools to reopen, seeming to express disapproval of Senate testimony the day before in which a top public health adviser, Dr. Anthony Fauci, cautiously warned against reopening schools too early during the COVID-19 pandemic. “He wants to play all sides of the equation,” Trump said of Fauci in […]
Former Barack Obama adviser Rahm Emanuel, during a recent interview, reminded us of his 2008 financial crisis quotation, “Never allow a crisis to go to waste.” The COVID-19 pandemic has presented a wonderful opportunity for those of us who want greater control over our lives. Sadly, too many Americans have already taken the bait. We’ve […]
In one of the most unusual Senate hearings in U.S. history, top Trump administration health officials testified remotely Tuesday from their homes and offices to senators who also mostly were at home. Here are six big moments from the three-and-a-half-hour hearing on the federal government’s response to the coronavirus pandemic held via video by the […]
It is incredible how many aides and assistants in the White House have been testing positive for coronavirus in the last few days. Ivanka Trump’s personal assistant has tested positive for coronavirus. That is the third person so far. Ivanka’s personal assistant has been telecommuting, and has not been in her employer’s presence in several […]
Half a year ahead of the US presidential race, former US President Barack H. Obama slammed President Donald Trump’s handling of the coronavirus crisis. In a 30-minute conversation with members of the Obama Alumni Association, Obama referred to Trump’s management of the outbreak as “a complete chaotic disaster” and attacked the President in a number […]
The states of Georgia and Tennessee reportedly are taking steps to restart their economies after the coronavirus shutdown, and South Carolina has plans to do the same. The White House guidelines issued last week, however, call for any state to enter the first phase of reopening only after 14 days of decline in the spread […]
Hospitals have lacked testing for coronavirus, and were running low on supplies such as face masks, food and toilet paper, according to a government audit issued Monday. The report by Department of Health and Human Services Assistant Inspector General Ann Maxwell surveyed 323 hospital staffs across the United States during the week of March 23-27. […]
Michael Lindell, the inventor and CEO of MyPillow, stood outside the White House on Monday as a guest during the daily coronavirus task force briefing, at which he announced that his company had begun mass production of face masks. The Chaska, Minnesota-based pillow giant has retooled 75% of its production toward making face masks to […]
Scientists are working furiously to find a drug to treat the COVID-19 coronavirus. (See here, here, and here.) Currently, there’s no medical consensus as to what drug (if any) is best for patients. The result is that senior government officials, including governors, have started to get involved in the matter. They are acting under tremendous […]
